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Dual Immersion (Spanish/English) School

1710 N Humboldt St•Portland, OR 97217•Ph 503-916-6236•Fx 503-916-2315

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  • I matter to Beach, Beach Matters to me!
    ¡A mi me Importa la Escuela Beach y Yo le importo a la Escuela Beach! 

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As Mr. Almazan put it, “Not everything is bad news in 2020!”

School Newsletter

Principals Message

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    11/1/2022

    As we head into a new month and evolving seasons, I find myself reflective of what has been accomplished by our team already this year and focused on the momentum that is building as we learn about and connect with our students over time.

    This past month I have personally learned a lot, and know there is much more to learn. From my earliest conversations to today, I am hearing many shared goals and hopes for how school will support each of our students in being affirmed, confident, prepared, and finding joy in learning. A clear sentiment has also emerged about feeling the loss of celebration and tradition after multiple years navigating important safety measures and pauses on how we come together.

    As a school, we are committed and energized by the ability to rebuild and re-imagine our school experiences and opportunities that bring us together, in community. We are actively working to design school specific events as a staff and through partnership with other organizations, such as the BCU. Our actions will be guided by the commitment to inclusivity and being mindful of how our decisions contribute to a sense of belonging and learning.

    I am hopeful and confident that what we will create will expand and honor the spirit of our shared goals for each of our students. No matter the day of the year, this is what we are always seeking to accomplish.

    We look forward to sharing more and appreciating the contributions of ideas for what brings us together!

     

    - Kelli

Garden Journal

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  • Friends of Beach Gardens: Save the Date Sunday 11/6 & Other News

    10/19/2022

    Hello Friends of Beach Gardens,

    Next work party  
    Sunday 11/6, tentatively 8am - noon
    Let's hope for rain by then to soften the grounds for easier weeding. And maybe even some planting! 
     
    Gardening with students 
    Rhiannon Leonard is our Beach Garden Coordinator, bringing gardening education and experiences into the classroom and teaching the SUN gardening program. If you've been paying attention, she's hugely transformed the vegetable garden in the last six weeks. If not ;) a photo of the dense jungle it was in August is attached as reminder. More updates here: https://www.smore.com/wbg60 
    Rhiannon continues to do prep work in the gardens Wednesdays 1pm-3pm. Pop by any week to join in. Because this is during school hours, you will need to have completed the PPS Volunteer Background Check and should check in with the office before heading to the gardens.
     
    Project wishlist
    I'm inviting you to contribute to this project wishlist. What do you see as short- and long-term projects to have in mind? What perspective can you offer any projects listed already? 
    As a parent, neighbor, teacher, etc, what do you see as the biggest priorities? What would best support students and staff? Would you like to lead any of these efforts? 
    Surely many of these projects will be more than we can take on entirely as a scrappy group of volunteers, but we can use this list to come together on priorities and see what resources we can drum up over time to make our vision(s) happen. 
     
    Adopt a bed, adopt a tree
    Would you have interest in adopting a small area of the garden/grounds, that is, checking in on maintenance on a semi-regular basis? For example, watering new plantings in front of the Beach sign while we wait for rain, pruning suckers from trees, keeping tabs on the tree-of-heaven menace that keeps popping its head up around the blacktop, and more. If so, send me a note and your area of interest!
     
    Add'l shout outs
    Thank you to Jude Hawley for the donations of the plants in front of the Beach sign and her continuing care of them (where's the rain!?!). 
    And thank you to Autumn Davidson for lending tree watering bags to some drought-suffering young trees!
     
    Best,
    Ali Lucas
     

  • Garden Journal Sept/Oct

    10/19/2022

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  • Highlight from Teacher Newsletter

    1/22/2021

    "Should you happen to be reading or traveling with your child during the next six weeks, I encourage you to find ways to have conversations around point of view as it relates to history and narrative."   

    - Mr. Wilson, student teacher in Ms. Hilber's 4th grade (students are learning the history and cultures of the native peoples indigenous to this region and their encounter with explorers Lewis and Clark).

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  • Student Voice, Conversation from LIPI.

     

    Teacher: What is something you want people to know about you?

    Student: I do school a lot, I clean a lot, and I learned to read!

    Teacher: HOORAY! What made learning to read happen?

    Student: I read a bunch of books.

     

    Aspectos destacados de LIPI

    Conversación de LIPI

    Maestro: ¿qué es algo que quieres que la gente sepa sobre ti?

    Niño: ¡Voy mucho a la escuela, limpio mucho y aprendí a leer!

    Maestro: ¡hurra! ¿Qué hizo que sucediera el aprendizaje de la lectura?

    Niño: leí un montón de libros

     
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